Tag Archives: free exercise of religion

Growing Number of Government School Students Face Anti-Christian Attacks

Posted on March 19, 2022 by David E Smith

As incomprehensible to average Americans as it may seem, three stories about government school students facing disciplinary actions for expressing their Christian faith were featured in Christian media publications over the past few months...

Government Must Support and Encourage Free Exercise of Religion, or Fail

Posted on November 11, 2020 by David E Smith

Illinois Family Institute has joined a friend of the court ("amicus") brief supporting Catholic Social Services in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, which was just argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

At the federal level, the courts generally enforce this amendment by requiring 1) a compelling government interest, and 2) the least restrictive means narrowly tailored to actually achieve that interest (called the strict scrutiny test), before allowing a government to infringe Constitutional rights.

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